Patents by Inventor Martin Nagel

Martin Nagel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12092339
    Abstract: A household cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber, a steam generator located outside the cooking chamber, and a steam feed line which connects the steam generator to the cooking chamber. A fresh air line leads to the cooking chamber, with a shut off element being configured to shut off the fresh air line. The steam feed line and the fresh air line have a common end portion, which opens into the cooking chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Lego, Martin Nagel, Stefan Diederichs, Hanna Wolf
  • Publication number: 20230272905
    Abstract: In a method for operating a household steam treatment appliance which includes an evaporator with a heatable water holding chamber and a fill level sensor with at least two measurement electrodes, which are disposed over one another at a distance from each other in the heatable water holding chamber, a water detection measured value provided for indicating wetting of the at least two measurement electrodes with water introduced into the water holding chamber is adapted in an adaptation process to an electrical conductivity of the water in the water holding chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Dieter Lego, Martin Nagel, Gilles Patrick Tiodong Nongni, Benjamin Wagner
  • Patent number: 11653785
    Abstract: A steam cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber, an evaporator unit configured to evaporate water to generate steam for supply into the cooking chamber, and a water supply unit including a removable water tank. The water tank includes a valve unit for coupling to the evaporator, with the valve unit including two valves formed separately from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ludovic Ball, Sebastian Frey, Manfred Hintermayer, Martin Nagel
  • Publication number: 20200352382
    Abstract: A steam cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber, an evaporator unit configured to evaporate water to generate steam for supply into the cooking chamber, and a water supply unit including a removable water tank. The water tank includes a valve unit for coupling to the evaporator, with the valve unit including two valves formed separately from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Ludovic Ball, Sebastian Frey, Manfred Hintermayer, Martin Nagel
  • Patent number: 10349775
    Abstract: In a method for operating a vaporizer of a domestic appliance, the vaporizer is filled at least to a predetermined filling level. The vaporizer can be emptied using an emptying arrangement. A time measurement is started, when a filling level falls below the predetermined filling level. A heating system of the vaporizer is switched on, when the filling level falls below the predetermined filling level. The time measurement is stopped, when the heating system has overheated, and a delivery output is calculated during emptying of the vaporizer, from a duration for emptying that is determined by the time measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Lego, Martin Nagel, Benjamin Wagner
  • Publication number: 20190137112
    Abstract: A household cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber, a steam generator located outside the cooking chamber, and a steam feed line which connects the steam generator to the cooking chamber. A fresh air line leads to the cooking chamber, with a shut off element being configured to shut off the fresh air line. The steam feed line and the fresh air line have a common end portion, which opens into the cooking chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Dieter Lego, Martin Nagel, Stefan Diederichs, Hanna Wolf
  • Patent number: 10260753
    Abstract: A domestic appliance heating apparatus includes a heating element having two heating connections connected to two supply connections of a supply network, respectively. A first switching element is connected between one of the two heating connections and one of the two supply connections and a second switching element is connected between the other one of the two heating connections and the other one of the two supply connections. A measuring unit has at least one measuring input, at which a potential is present in at least one heating operating state. A control unit interrupts in a network form recognition operating state a conduction path through the heating element by means of the first switching element while the second switching element is closed and takes into account a first potential present at the measuring input when determining a network form present at the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Lego, Martin Nagel
  • Publication number: 20180299134
    Abstract: A domestic appliance heating apparatus includes a heating element having two heating connections connected to two supply connections of a supply network, respectively. A first switching element is connected between one of the two heating connections and one of the two supply connections and a second switching element is connected between the other one of the two heating connections and the other one of the two supply connections. A measuring unit has at least one measuring input, at which a potential is present in at least one heating operating state. A control unit interrupts in a network form recognition operating state a conduction path through the heating element by means of the first switching element while the second switching element is closed and takes into account a first potential present at the measuring input when determining a network form present at the heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Dieter Lego, Martin Nagel
  • Publication number: 20170108209
    Abstract: An evaporator for a household appliance includes a housing wall configured to delimit a receiving space for a liquid to be evaporated, and an electrical heating unit for heating the liquid. A fill level sensor is arranged on an exterior face of the housing wall and configured to determine a fill level of the liquid in the receiving space. The fill level sensor operates in a contactless manner and generates an electromagnetic field in the receiving space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Dieter Lego, Martin Nagel, Benjamin Wagner
  • Publication number: 20170079470
    Abstract: In a method for operating a vaporizer of a domestic appliance, the vaporizer is filled at least to a predetermined filling level. The vaporizer can be emptied using an emptying arrangement. A time measurement is started, when a filling level falls below the predetermined filling level. A heating system of the vaporizer is switched on, when the filling level falls below the predetermined filling level. The time measurement is stopped, when the heating system has overheated, and a delivery output is calculated during emptying of the vaporizer, from a duration for emptying that is determined by the time measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Dieter Lego, Martin Nagel, Benjamin Wagner
  • Publication number: 20110083553
    Abstract: A hydraulic machine having a variable intake volume/pump capacity includes working spaces (8) disposed in a cylinder (2), each of the working spaces (8) being limited by a piston (6) and a cylinder bore (4) in which the piston (6) is accommodated. The pistons (6) are supported on a reciprocating element (14) that rotates relative to the pistons (6), and therefore when the cylinder (2) rotates relative to the pistons (6), the pistons (6) undergo a displacement that determines the volume of the working spaces (8) which can be connected to high pressure and low pressure, to a control unit for actuating the valves (16, 22) as a function of the displacement of the particular piston (6), and to an angle-of-rotation sensor (36). The angle-of-rotation sensor (36) has a Gray code track (60) and an incremental track (58), to each of which at least one sensor (72, 74) is assigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Duerr, Martin Nagel
  • Patent number: 7579055
    Abstract: An article of footwear including an upper and a sole, which has an outsole for directly contacting a ground surface, and at least one element compression molded with the outsole. The at least one element is formed from a first material including at least 45% ethylene vinyl acetate, approximately 30% polyene elastomer, and approximately 20% synthetic rubber. A second material of the outsole is compatible for compression molding with the at least one element, and is less hard and less dense than the at least one element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Chung Lai, Michael Martin Nagel, Gerald Kuhtz, Marco Aurelio Grott, Alan Toronjo